The Secret Winner of America’s National Park Boom

America’s National Parks are packed, and we don’t mean with trail mix. In 2025, 323m people visited, with 26 parks setting record highs. 

But lodging hasn’t kept up. Campsites book months in advance. Those who get them trade proximity for comfort. Meanwhile, “nearby” hotels miss the point entirely.

AutoCamp was built for this moment, bringing boutique comfort to iconic destinations like Yosemite, Zion, and Joshua Tree. Backed by exclusive partnerships with Hilton Hotels and Airstream, they operate eight locations across the US today. 

1M+ happy campers have already experienced them. With Airbnb searches for stays near national parks up 35% in 2026, the opportunity ahead for AutoCamp is only growing.

Now, AutoCamp is working to scale to 100+ locations. And you still have time to claim your piece. But it’s running out fast. Hurry to become an AutoCamp investor before the fast-approaching close.

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➤ Congress has passed a bill renaming Social Security terms that lawmakers say confuse the millions who retire every year. (Hear Details)

➤ New reporting reveals why body fat is so essential, raising the question of what the right amount is. (Listen Now)

➤ Federal health officials are putting $10 million on the line to revive the Presidential Fitness Test, which researchers say could backfire. (Full Story)

➤ The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to President Trump’s mandatory detention policy, which denies bond hearings to immigrants facing deportation. (More)

➤ Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran’s UN General Assembly delegation, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, to leave the U.S. on Monday after negotiations stalled, according to reports. (See Details)

➤ A judge permanently dismissed the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, citing the administration’s public pressure as grounds to bar refiling. (More)

➤ President Trump refused to say he wouldn’t demolish the Kennedy Center in a Time magazine interview, calling the building “in terrible, terrible shape.” (More)

➤ Michael Jordan’s Game 3 jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals sold for $12.26 million this week, a record for a basketball jersey. It beat the previous high, set by his own Game 1 jersey from that very same series. (More)

➤ The Pittsburgh Steelers traded starting cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys for second- and sixth-round picks after contract talks stalled. He joins a Cowboys defense that hasn’t recorded an interception this season. (More)

➤ The NBA closed its only elite training academy in Africa, less than a decade after opening it in Senegal. Young African prospects will now compete for spots at the league’s new global academy in Abu Dhabi. (More)

➤ The WNBA posted its best regular-season viewership since 2000 in the first year of its new media deal, averaging 771,000 viewers per game. Fifty-one games topped 1 million. (More)

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➤ Big Stock Move: Corteva shares fell 83% on Thursday after completing its spinoff of seed and genetics unit Vylor, which carried the bulk of the company’s value to a new ticker and left Corteva as a standalone crop protection company. (More)

➤ The average 30-year mortgage rate jumped to 7.28%, its highest level in nearly three years and the sixth consecutive weekly increase, Freddie Mac reported. (More)

➤ Walmart is rolling out light-up digital shelf labels that let app users flash a product’s tag to find it in-store. The feature will reach all stores by the holidays. (More)

➤ Denny’s plans upgrades at roughly 500 restaurants over the next 12-18 months as part of “Project Grand Slam,” investing in AI, tableside tablets, and catering. (More)

Hilton Hotels Opens Doors to Hospitality Pioneer

Hilton Hotels didn’t become a global hospitality giant by standing still. When they see a category worth backing, they move.

So it didn’t take long for them to form a first-of-its-kind partnership with AutoCamp.

AutoCamp brings boutique hotel comfort to the great outdoors, addressing a $732B hospitality opportunity. As the first outdoor-lodging brand bookable on Hilton.com, AutoCamp’s 700+ rooms are in front of 200M+ Hilton Honors members. In fact, direct AutoCamp bookings on Hilton.com are up 30% year-over-year.

And it’s not just Hilton Hotels partnering with AutoCamp, either. Iconic American travel brand Airstream also formed an exclusive partnership.

For investors, it’s a signal: some of the travel industry’s largest players are backing AutoCamp in the outdoor-lodging race. And you can, too. Just don’t wait. Invest before AutoCamp’s fast-approaching close date.

➤ Google launched its AI chips into orbit aboard a SpaceX mission Thursday, testing whether the processors can survive space as part of its Project Suncatcher orbital computing effort. (More)

➤ Butterfly wing patterns create optical illusions that scramble a predator’s sense of speed and direction, explaining why so few birds can catch them mid-flight, a new study found. (More)

➤ Astronomers identified the coldest known lava planet with an atmosphere, a scorching world that may resemble early Earth and offer clues about how young planets hold onto their gaseous envelopes. (More) 

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➤ Legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joel told fans he’s doing well after brain surgery for hydrocephalus, a condition involving fluid buildup that presses on the brain, though he still has balance problems and some hearing loss. (More)

➤ Johnny Depp returns to major Hollywood studio films for the first time since 2018 as Ebenezer Scrooge in Ebenezer, a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol opening on Nov. 13. (See Trailer)

➤ A Tokyo court recognized legal protection for the human voice in Japan’s first such ruling after anime actor Kenjiro Tsuda challenged a TikTok account that profited from an unauthorized AI clone of his voice. (More)

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➤ A passenger on the attacked Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv described rushing the cockpit and subduing the co-pilot, who allegedly stabbed the captain mid-flight. (See In-Flight Video)

➤ A sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht in the South Pacific, sinking it and leaving four sailors adrift for 18 hours before a container ship rescued them. (More)

➤ Six Flags permanently shut down its X2 roller coaster after nearly 20 years at Magic Mountain in the face of lawsuits alleging more than 100 brain injuries, including a 2022 death. (More)

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